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shreyansj

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    Comment #47883395

    I think he meant - what's the interview process for a doctor while switching jobs.

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    Comment #28687447

    teamblind.com

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    Comment #27120844

    It's quite normal in a lot of countries to include a picture with the resume/CV. The "photogenic" bias could exist in the process as well, yeah?

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    Comment #26754666

    Sounds like removing trucks in the logistics chain as much as possible is the better option then? The trucks' parts and/or fuel (or crude) is also getting shipped using bunker oil …

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    Comment #25496287

    But generally the tips and taxes is something you know about if you are a US resident. And you might not be unconscious at the time of payment :) And restaurant staff getting paid …

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    Comment #25450395

    That sounds like a strawman argument. If you don't wear a helment while doing activity A, why wear it while doing activity B. To answer your question, perhaps because the common fa…

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    Comment #25352413

    I am curious if you have tried to learn a musical instrument or learn to sing? Learning to play a musical instrument (or sing) at a level were someone would want to pay you, is pro…

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    Comment #25001555

    Damn! Pretty sure that the rest of the Bay Area isn’t a dumpster fire either.

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    Comment #25000717

    While I am not an antisocial smoker myself, I disagree with complete ban on public smoking as the parent comment suggested. Designated areas for smoking, sure! There are ways to ma…

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    Comment #24994483

    Add gasoline/diesel powered automobiles to that list please.

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    Comment #24447470

    And debugging off-by-one errors.

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    Comment #24321255

    Honest question - what has stopped us from bringing extinct dinosaurs back to life? Which variable in the equation is unsolved?

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    Comment #24004721

    Can you give an example of your train trips that are shorter than the flights. It seems like a short flight between SFO-LAX is about ~1.5 hours of sitting-inside-the-tube. I am not…

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    Comment #23995335

    At this point UPS/Fedex should step in and offer free shipping for ballots. Voters can drop off in their stores or their delivery people/trucks can act as pick up spots too. If not…

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    Comment #23876697

    Here's the other side - How many deaths are acceptable? If death is a certainty for all, should we just get rid of the health care systems? Should we stop research into some of the…

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    Comment #23876635

    It's amazing to wonder whether any step, any inconvenience is worth saving even lives when the magnitude of that is in the thousands. Countries have literally been bombed over far …

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    Comment #23876610

    Right, but the world could have refrained from partying on the beaches [1] [1] - https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/07/16/vacati...

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    Comment #23875985

    But if everyone had stayed locked in for 6 weeks and if that had prevented 50000 deaths, how is that not worth it?

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    Comment #23875828

    Which right is being violated in your opinion? And why is that more important than others' right to stay alive?

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    Comment #23874996

    Different political leader - we don't know. A different political leader who was not divisive and dismissive of science - yes, it would have been better.

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    Comment #23829193

    If it has to come to this, I would want some universities to start classes with a focus on mental health in the respective professions related to area of study. It would preserve r…

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    Comment #23642881

    I am actually curious how you would go about proving that you are a citizen of the EU. I am sure you need some form of identification to board an international flight even though i…

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    Comment #23444078

    We don't have to pin the problem on anyone. But we can agree that the (lack of) solution to the problem lies with the person in-charge at the moment.

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    Comment #23387818

    You assume he can tell the difference between a rebel and a terrorist. /s

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    Comment #23358555

    I am not aware of any restrictions on hugging your family. Either way, the virus is not going to worry about anyone's constitutional rights if they catch the virus from another fam…